Registered Republican U. S. Senate candidates, John Stephenson and Gurley Martin, finally get to speak in Louisville at the Kentucky Tea Party event, after Tea Party Organizers only give Rand Paul one hour and fourteen minutes to speak, with question and answers segment. I made a promise to the Lord not to attack my opponents. I made no promise not to defend my freedom of speech and fair play under our Constitution, Candidate Stephenson said. Kentucky Tea Party debate/forum was held 3-13-10 at the Evangel World Prayer Conference Center. Blue Grass Institute Director, Jim Waters, served as emcee, informing the audience that all candidates were invited. Only space and time was given on the platform to Rand Paul. The organizers tried to relegate the other Republican U.S. Senate candidates to stay off the stage and speak from the floor for their three minutes. There was no debate or a fair, inclusive open forum with other present U.S. Senate candidates. Dr. Rand Paul left the building as Candidate Stephenson was called forward. Mr. Stephenson said, I cant help but recall a question posed by a woman in the audience. Her questions to Dr. Paul was, What do you say about the charges that you have been associated with organizations that are sympathetic to Hitler and Nazism? Dr. Paul denied the charges and I took him at his word. However, when Dr. Paul, as a fellow candidate, allowed this travesty to take place, it reminded me of how many German citizens turned their heads away while millions of innocent people were being murdered in their backyards. I would never take part in any event where fellow candidates, patriots or any citizen were treated so disrespectfully and with threat of force, said Mr. Stephenson. The microphone was cut off before Mr. Stephenson had a minute and a half to speak. The organizers staff continued to turn off the mike, disrupting Mr. Stephensons speech. Every legitimate Tea Party member and citizen should stand behind every candidate and allow them equality and fairness, to be heard by participating Tea Party Members. John Stephenson said, This is the very reason our founding fathers threw out the British rule because of taxation WITHOUT REPRESENTATION. Like Patrick Henry, Stephensons cry is a familiar one of past patriots, "Give me liberty or give me death!" As a former History teacher, Mr. Stephenson reports, Hitler came into power in Germany, bringing his thugs to stifle any dissenters who would dare run for office or against the powers to be, or even to speak or present their ideas about a better government and its problems. The organizers and leadership of the Kentucky Tea Party unfairly and unjustly and unequally treated Mr. Martin and Mr. Stephenson. This type of behavior will continue to fuel inequality in the electoral process and only foster continued injustice for every average middle class citizen. At this point I would caution all citizens to beware of this Tea Partys goals. The devil you get might be worse than the devil you think you have. This Tea Party event leadership, Dr. Frank Simon, Kentucky Tea Party President, Mr. Jim Waters, Blue Grass Institute, Dan Blanchard, Louisville Tea Party, Bobby Alexander, Central Kentucky Tea Party Patriots, Sheri Quinn, Louisville Tea Party, and the bouncers should equally hide their heads in shame for allowing such treatment of any formal candidate while claiming non-partisanship, reported Mr. Stephenson. The greatest irony and disappointment to Candidate Stephenson was that this atrocity took place in a Christian facility. Mr. Stephenson asks the question, What would Jesus have done? We all know that answer! Mr. Stephenson had video recorded the event in order to add this days speech to his campaign website.
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